Armored mop



Patented Dec. 15, 1931 UNITED VSTATES PAT-ENT ARRY HERTZBERG, orBRooKLYN, NEW Y'oitx, AssrGNon :ro HERTZBEG PATNTS ING., or NEW YORK, N.Y.',A CORPORATION or NEW Yom; i 10 ARMORED MOP i i Application fi1e 1March 24, 1930. serial No. 438,472.,

This invention relates to improvements in mops and particularly of thattype which is known as yacht mops or wet mops.

The primary object of the invention is to furnish an improved method formaking a mop of this type which is of simple and inexpensiveconstruction and which may be readily and expeditiously manufactured.

It is another object of the invention to provide means in a mop of thistype forse-l curing the mop material to the mop handle against rotationthereon and with great rigidity to the cylindrical surface of saidhandle. t

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear moreclearly as the description progresses, the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts and details of constructionhereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which form a material part of thisdisclosure:

F ig. 1 shows a plan of a partly assembled mop before the mop materialis fastened to the mop handle.

Fig. 2 is an elevation on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 showing the mop materialpartly rolled around the mop handle.

F ig. 3 shows an elevation of a nearly finished mop, partly in sectionon line 3-3 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 4 is a top plan of Fig. 3.

F ig. 5 shows a completely assembled mop partly in section on line 5-5of Fig. 6.

Fi-g. 6 is a top plan of the completely finished mop shown in Fig. 5,the cap is broken away as shown in that figure.

Fig. 7 is an elevation of the metalhc cap before its assembly on themop.

Fig. 8 is a top plan of Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a detail plan of the blank from which the holding collar 14 isformed.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the completed holding collar 14.

Fig. 1 of the drawlngs shows a mop handle 13 to which is fastened at itslower end a collar 14 which is preferablyy stamped from non-corrosivesheet metal in the shape shown in Fig. 9 which shows a web 14a providedwith teeth 147) along both longitudinal edges and alplurality of smallapertures 140 in the web.V ,The teeth 145 are then bent intoa per-Vpendicular position to the web along the lines 14dy and lthe web y14ayis rolled to forma oylinder sothat a collar, shaped like aispool,V isformed on which the teeth form star-shaped flanges as shown in Fig.,.10.The collar 14 which is Constructed in the above described manner isslipped ,upon the lower endy of mop v that the collar 14-lies nthe spacebetweenthe c'ords 12 and 120 which are just outside of the: collarflanges `14 and the handle 13 extends midway bbetween the longitudinalSides of the mop material parallel thereto. mop material is then rolledaround the mop handle 13 and collar 14 as indicated 'in-l`ig. 2'in which:it is shown whenthe rolling op-l eration is only partly complet'ed.UThe cordI 12a is then tied againstthe mop material sov that it clampsthe same against the mop han-v dle 13 above collar 514 and cord 121 istied below the same .tying themo-p material together and pressing itinto the spaces between teeth 14b so that a spherical knob is formedwith the-collar 14 as a holding core. VThat part of'the mop material 11which surrounds the handle` is then folded dowward over the cord 12aupon the lowerhalf'of'thefcords wherebythe mop assumes the formillustrated inFig. 3,; y .i

Figs..7 and 8- illustratefametallic:cap 15 of non-c'orrosive material:whichf is cylinf.. drical infits lower part and subs'tantially'spherical in its upper partgit is provided with a central aperture la inthe-spherical portion and tliereby adapted to slipfover the mop; handle13. The p-m'antle' surface of thisv cap" is provided with avplurality ofsmall aper tures 156. i H Cap 15 is slipped over the lmop handlev ci Thew ff.

. i and seated upon the spherical part of the mop material to presstightly against the same, consolidating the outer layer of said materialwith the inner one and pressing both into the spaces between teeth 146.A plurality of nails 15 are then driven through the apertureslbthroughthemop 1 material and the'flweb 51401, of eollar flaintolthehandle which completes the mop as shown in vFig.-5. -The above describedconstructonhas many advantages over Jsim'ilar .ones .now ain use. Thecap 15 provides'an armo'rilike protection for those parts which join themop cords, and

the nails 16 are rigidly connected to each other at their heads by Loap:15 :and ,also at their points by the collar 14 and handle13. These=nailsalso prevent the lremo'valffo'f the cap ifrom *the mop fhead. TheJmanner i offtying? the mop cords above and belowcollar 1154 holds themop material'iinffixedposition,both'longitudinally and rot-atably, onthe handle iwithout 4looped or twisted wires WhiehVgenerally-cutthe mopcords whenlin usefforrsomeftime.

While `='I have fthus described .a preferred form` of' my inventi'on' itshall' be understood that moditicationsmaybemade-in the design andarrangement of parts, or inltheconstrud tionfoffdetails whichcome-within the scope andspirit offithe invention as'elaimed.

. llHavingithus described i my invention .what I elaim -as Knew anddesire to 1 secure by Letters Patentis: v

- 31. Inflafmop, afhandleya coll-arat oneend df'said'lrandle, a mop head`Yhaving afiknob of mopfmaterialtiedftosaid handle; and coveringsaid-'co1lar,=a'ftuft ofs-aid mop material de-. pending ffrom said knb,an outer layer of mop `material enclosing said tkn'ob and said tuft andi Ia lmetallic i cap Lwhich* encloses said knob and=pressessaid mopmaterial against saidfcllar. o v :12. InIfa\mop,*a -handle, a`mop headhaving aknobiof mopmaterialfixed to'one end of said 2handle, a tuftofsaid :material depending ffromsaid lvknb, an outer layer of mop materialsurrounding saidknob and said'tuft, a'kmetallic'shell surrounding theupper end of saidmop ihead, pressing'said outerl'ayera'gainst-said'lmoh-and a plurality ofteeth rigidly Nattached to andsurrounding said handle and V`engaging said mopV material to prevent"its :rotation on said vhandle.

I18. 'In' "a vm'op, a handle having a collar thereon'at'one ofits ends,mop material surroundingsaid collar, tyingmeans fasteningsaidmaterial'to said handle above said collar,

said'materialbeingflded upon itself. covering saiditying ,means', a mophead being formedfthereby"extendingbelow the end of said:v handle "and a"metallic cap enclosing the folded part of said 'mop-materi-al.

L4. Inca mop, afhandlefhaving a collar'fixed to'on'e ofits en'ds,said'collar consisting of a I tubular Web, and an annularflangesurroundla Hlinobbf mop material tied to one end of said handle,.fa,tuftof saidimaterial depend-- ing from saidknob, an outer layer of mopmaterial enclosing said knob and said tuft and ametallic collar withinsaid knob fixed to said handle, a toothed flange on saidcollarrengagin'gfls-aid.mop material, tying means above said collarpressing saidmop material against sald handle, tylngimeans'below saldcollar ``pressing said material against said teeth. i

'6. Ina mop, ahandleyamop headrhaving a knob ofmop materialjfixed'tosaid handle,

mop'materialforming a tuft onsaid'knob eX- tending below said handle, acollarhaving a toothed flange attached to said handle :withf in' saidknob'andametallic cap enclosing said knob. Y

' Signed at Brooklyn, in'the county of Kings and .State :of New York:this '12th day of March, A. D. 1930. i i HARRY HERTZBERG.

